Self-reeling hose reel



May 12, 1925.

C. A. JARVIS SELF REELING HOSE REEL Filed Sept. 21, 1923 CZz "f'brcL Z 7 I 1,537,637 TN OFFICE.

- CLIFFORD A. JARVIS, F RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.

SELF-REELI'NG HOSE REEL.

Application filed September To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at .Rushville, in the county of Rush and State v of Indiana, have-invented new and useful improvements in Self-Reeling Hose Reels, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a reel upon which flexible hose such as is used for lawn, garden, and hotsprinkling, is wound when the sprinkling o erations are not in progress, and from w iich it is easily unreeled either fully orpartially and used while connected with the water supply, and which is autonmtically re-reeled as'soon as released by the operator, in a manner to drain the hose and. also in a manner to preserve it from injury by breaking, kinking,'or abrasion, as

" es liently happenswhen reeled by hand, or

r o ject is to provide a swivel water conduit from the hose to rat, passing through the axis of he reel drum, which swivel joint th the easy and practical operation of the r for the purpose intended. Y I accomplish the above, and other ob ects which will hereinafter appear, by the mechism illustrated in the accompanying wing, in whichi 1, is perspective view of a hose reel domestic use, embodying my improvements, and Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through the axis of t e drum, on the line f2--2 of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference indicate e parts in the two views of the drawing.

aha drum 5, upon which the hose 1 is reele l, is rotatably supported on a carriage prising a pair of frame-bars 5 and 5, ing turned-down ends that support an 7 which wheels 8 are mounted or transportation of the whole device. A cross bar 9 spaces and strengthens the tl'llllQCi-ClOWH ends of the frame-bars. The

opposite ends of the frame-bars are ri 'dly ien not reeled at all, as is generally the" r "tor r'e-reeling it without interfering 21, 1923. Serial No. 664,107.

a connecting handle-bar 11. A cross bar 12 connects the handlebars near their junction with the frame-bars, and above the cross bar 12, is a friction roller 13, across which the hose is drawn when reeled and unreeled. One of the handle-barshas a spring clamp 14 to hold and retain the hose nozzle whenever desired.

The frame-bars, 5 and 6, have suitable standards 15, with openings in which shafts of drum 3 are supported. The drum 3 is preferably hollow sheet metal, the ends of which are soldered or otherwise rigidly fastened to the respective circular metal disks 16 and 17 having central openings in which the respective ends of a smaller pipe 18 fits, and are soldered or otherwise rigidly fastened. Filling that end of pipe 18 which is next to the disk 17, is a metal cylinder 19, having a central bore extending only part way through the length of the cylinder, from'its outer end, as shown in Fig. 2. This bore is expanded near its outer end to fit a tapering swivel plug 20. The inner and outer ends of plug are cylindrical for bearing in correspondingly cylindrical pon- (ions of the bore in cylinder 19 and the plug A. standard hose connection 22 is screwed into a threaded hole made through the pipe 18 and through the adjacent wall of the cylinder 19 into the bore of said cylinder and provides a discharge from the cylinder 19 through said connection 22.

The outer end of cylinder 19 projects through and beyondthe disk 17 and is externally screw threaded to receive a cap 23. A leather washer 24 makes contact between the cap and end of plug 20, whereby the tapering plug is forced into its seat to make a water tight joint without causing friction enough to interfere with the free rotation of the plug in its seat when the reel drum is rotated.

On the outer 44 having a standard hose connection 25 to which a hose 26, connected. with a hydrant 27, is attached. The d ijum -3 is cutriuway'fl end of pipe 21 is an elbow at 28 to rovide a hand-hole for the attach '1 ment an removal of the hose 4-.

Seated in a fixed manner in that end of pipe 18 which is next to disk 16, is a bushin 29, having a. central bore in which a she. t 30 is rotatably journaled. This shaft has a transverse slot which receives the inner end of a flat, coiled, spring 31, the .outer end of which spring is secured by bolts 32 to the rim 33 of a housing.

The rim has a flange through which screws 34 removably secure it to the disk 16.

To the side 35 of the housing a plate 36, of less diameter than said side, is riveted, and integral with plate 36 is an outside boss 37 having a central bore in which shaft 30 is additionally journaled.

A cotter-pin 38 passes through the shaft and contacts boss 37 to keep the shaft from moving vlengthwise and binding spring 31, against the end of the drum. A plate 39 is preferably introduced in the housing between the spring and end of drum to hold the spring in uniform central position, and

- an outside plate 40 bears on the boss 37 and is dished around the plate 36 to strengthen and finish the housing.

The outer end of shaft 30 is mounted in a fixed manner in adjacent standard on frame-bar 5:;

The outer end of the spring 31 being fastened at 32 to thehousing which rotates with the flange l6 and drum 3 when the hose is being unreeled, and the other end of the spring being fastened to the shaft 30- Which is stationary at all times, the spring is wound up; but when the operator releases the hose the spring 31 unwinds and rotates the drum 3, in a direction to rewind the hose on it.

The housing may be removed, for repairs to the spring or otherwise, by removing screws 34, and the cotter-pin 38.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hose reel, a pair of parallel disks, a cylindrical drum uniting the disks, a pipe within the drum also uniting the disks, a

plug in one end of the pipe having a bore in the axis of rotation of the drum, a fixed shaft in the bore upon which that end of the drum rotates, a spring coiled around the shaft and having its inner-end fastened to the shaft, means for fastening the other end of the spring to the drum, a cylinder in the other end. of the pipe having a bore in the axis of the drum, a lateral hose connection connecting with the inner end of the bore, said bore being expanded outwardly near the outer end which end projects through the adjacent disk and is screw- -threaded, a. correspoi'idingly tapering plug at one end to the shaft and at the other end to the rim, a boss on the shaft, a. plate between the drum and spring to center the spring and an outside plate bearing on the boss to strengthen and finish the housing of the spring.

3. In a hose reel, a relatively fixed sup port, a shaft remoVa-bly mounted on the support, a drum mounted at one end on the shaft said drum having a disk, a rim, means for removably securing the rim to the disk, a coiled spring fastened at one end .tothe shaft and the other to the rim, a boss removably mounted; on the shaft, means for re movably securing the boss to the shaft, and a plate bearing on the boss to' strengthen and finish the, housing of the spring.

Signed at Indianapolis, Indiana, this the. 12th day of September, 1923.

or irroan A. JARVIS. 

